You mean the new Counter Strike as in, Condition Zero? Condition Zero is a stand alone. And as far as I can tell from screen shots of Condition Zero, it doesn't use technology from Half Life 2. Plus the fact that its designed to run with the mod version of Counter Strike. Since CZ has no multiplayer itself, you can only play it multiplayer with people that have the mod version, or retail version of normal Counter Strike. Team Fortress 2 on the other hand, might run on the same technology as Half Life 2, since it has been just as shrouded in mystery as HL2 for just as long.

"Halo 2 pwnz Half-Life 2"Ok, quit being a f**king idiot. Just because you are a tad more excited about the upcoming Halo title than HL2 does not mean you need to come here and spam those who are trying to discuss a highly anticipated game that we happen to like. How little a life do you have when you go to a megagames message board and post a message dissing a game cuz there is another one you like better. Good games dont 'ownz3r' other good games. More than one game can be decent. Now get the hell out of here and learn more l33t phrases then 'pwnz'.F _ [ < ! // //008 !!!

You were not having a discussion! You were all blindly yelling HL2 R0X MI WELRD etc etc etc. "Anonymous" did the same thing; the only reason HE was spamming and the other guys aren't is that this isn't the Halo 2 board. Which I guess makes perfect sense.. =( =( =(Anyway, I'll bet that "Anonymous" is drooling over the Half-Life 2 videos right now. I myself am strongly anticipating both releases, I'm just not going to say that one of them "PWNZ" the other. (That was my pathetic attempt to redeem myself and not get yelled at.)